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Red silk furisode kimono with gold and white embroidered plum tree branches and blossoms across the body and wide sleeves, displayed flat against a gray backdrop.

Furisode

A long-sleeved red silk kimono displays a large plum tree rendered in gold and white embroidery across its body and sleeves. Gilded branches twist upward through the red ground, with blossoms scattered in clusters over the full garment, which hangs flat against a neutral backdrop.

Artist
Unknown
Date
late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/1868
Medium
Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave (rinzu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; laid wo
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2108 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1868).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Gaylord Donnelley in memory of Frances Gaylord Smith

Español: Furisode con bordado de ciruelo

Un kimono furisode de seda roja de mangas largas muestra un gran ciruelo bordado en oro y blanco sobre el cuerpo y las mangas. Las ramas doradas se retuercen hacia arriba sobre el fondo rojo, con flores agrupadas por toda la prenda, que cuelga plana contra un fondo neutro.

Português: Furisode com bordado de ameixeira

Um quimono furisode de seda vermelha, de mangas longas, exibe uma grande ameixeira bordada em ouro e branco sobre o corpo e as mangas. Os galhos dourados se retorcem para cima sobre o fundo vermelho, com flores agrupadas por toda a peça, que está estendida contra um fundo neutro.

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